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Right now I do not know a reason I could not make this weekend. I definitely want to.

I assume a good number of KC-based riders will want to take part. It is about a 2 hour drive from Kansas City to Joe's place--right, Joe? Let the carpooling plans begin!

I'm up for camping on you property there. I'm nervous about playing on the MX track, but I hope to really use the opportunity to learn how to handle my bike in the air. Right now, when both wheels leave the ground, I'm a nervous wreck and can't wait to get the wheels back to dirt. Heck, I can't even ride a wheelie.

Anyone looking for a low-cost machine to play in the dirt with, check out Daniel's YZ125 in the classifieds. Daniel is a great guy--you can feel safe doing business with him.
http://www.rideforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=759

That sounds like alot of fun! I was wondering how many guys on this site do the moto thing.The 27 is the wifes birthday so I need to talk to her first. It might be a sat only thing for me. I will be doin some sweet talking tonight!

As long as the equation is not BEER + GUNS + CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MX TRACK, this sounds like a hoot-n-nanny! I'd like there to be less than a 0.001% chance that I could get shot while playing on the track!

Motoracer13 wrote:The 27 is the wifes birthday so I need to talk to her first. It might be a sat only thing for me. I will be doin some sweet talking tonight!

What would a wife want more than a weekend of eating, riding, shooting?!

Where do you live?

troy wrote:As long as the equation is not BEER + GUNS + CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MX TRACK, this sounds like a hoot-n-nanny! I'd like there to be less than a 0.001% chance that I could get shot while playing on the track!

troy-it is a general rule of mine to NOT mix alcohol and motorcycles, or alcohol and firearms. there does that sound convincing enough?? motorcycles and firearms get mixed frequently tho!!!!


seriously tho, my greatest hope for the weekend would be that some good friends come and learn something about themselves and their machines and have a good time, then EVERYONE return home safely. SO.....it should be agreed ahead of time(and its on my ride waiver for my track) that there will be NO alcohol consumed by anyone who is or will be riding. since i have no waiver for gun shootin', the same applies!!

hey savage, heres the coord's: N39'55.682 W095'49.700

i'd like to add that anyone with kids who ride bring them along, this should be family friendly!!

those coords mean nothing to me - what town are you close to? thanks

Just re-read my post and it could come across negative. I didn't mean it that way at all. Sorry if my typed words came across that way.

Yeah, what Savage asked, What town are you near? I have been waiting for your reply too.... The thread just kinda died....

I believe he's close to Sabetha

A little effort.... Google can find a location using coordinates, but it wants decimal degrees format, not minutes seconds. So you can go here and enter the minutes seconds Joe gave you to get the decimal degrees. For example, in the top boxes, you'd enter these 3 values:

39 55 0.682

Once you have the decimal degrees, you can look them up on the map in Google Maps. HOWEVER, something that may not be obvious to you unless you are a real map geek is that you'll need to make the latitude value negative. You enter the coordinates as latitude, longitude. For example, enter this value into the map search box.

39.916856, -95.816861

Do I have to spoon feed you babies?! Joe is inviting you to ride his private MX track and a free dinner! If he wanted to tell you what town, he'd have done it. Instead he gave you coordinates. Look it up.

Heck, you can even feed those coordinates into Yahoo Maps and have it route you there ... of course the route it created for me stopped a few miles short. I guess just get out of your cage and listen for 2-smoke exhaust.

So, to make it easy on you guys (and gals?), I drove up there just so you could have a GPS track to his place. Of course I had to take my MC along, but that is a different story.

http://www.rideforum.net/viewtopic.php? ... 5421#p5379

So here:
Garmin MapSource Format: http://home.everestkc.net/malsin/Motorc ... /XRNut.gdb
GPS Exchange Format: http://home.everestkc.net/malsin/Motorc ... /XRNut.gpx

Note that the gps track is for a round trip. Took me two hours one way. Don't ask me to convert those ... you are on your own!

Guys, it's time to get serious about this coming weekend. Who is planning to go?

I just checked the extended forecast. Obviously this amazing weather we are having can't last forever! Right now, Sabetha forecast shows a perfect Saturday and much cooler with perhaps some rain on Sunday. That's no problem for me!

I am definitely planning to go. I figure I'll haul up Saturday morning and return Sunday late afternoon.

I think the Sunday competition at the riding area sounds like a blast!

I'm not going to be able to make it. Wife is having a big garage sale, blah blah blah and then Sunday we hope to go watch the harescramble. I think my kids will love the bikes rippin' it up!
Just curious about how far is it around your track? half mile or so?
Someone please take some pics and post them up!!

I am sorely tempted to bring up the YZ125. Maybe someone can teach me how to ride it! I would not be spending the night though. How early on Saturday will the track riding start?

I finally got the DRZ back together and took her for a test spin tonight...new shaft seals, chain & sprockets, water pump and thermostat. All is good. The next part I buy will be a KTM 525EXC
I am in for this weekend, bringing a tent for Saturday night. The only problem I foresee is keeping myself from catching too much air on the MX track, the old goat just doesn't have good enough suspension for my tastes. Looking forward to a good weekend of motorcycle mayhem

Kyle